Captain Dragan arrested in Australia

 

Belgrade, May, 15. 2010 (Serbia Today) - Dragan Vasiljkovic, alias Captain Dragan, accused of committing war crimes in Croatia in 1992 and 1993, was arrested in Australia.  Australian media reported that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested Vasiljkovic, on Tuesday afternoon. He had spent 43 days as a fugitive. After the Australian Supreme Court confirmed his extradition to Croatia, where he would stand trial, Vsiljkovic disappeared on March 30. The local media states that the AFP worked closely with the Dutch police, which supplied them with information that led to his arrest.  The 55 year-old Vasiljkovic is an Australian citizen and lived in the country under the name of Daniel Snedden.  He is accused of committing war crimes against military prisoners of war and civilians in 1992 in Knin and participating in attacks and pillaging of several Croatian villages in 1993.  Media stated that Vasiljkovic also has Serbian citizenship.